Eleanor Threlkeld

Eleanor Threlkeld (born 16 November 1998) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Lancashire, North West Thunder and Manchester Originals. She plays as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She previously played for Lancashire Thunder in the Women's Cricket Super League.[1][2]

Ellie Threlkeld
Personal information
Full nameEleanor Threlkeld
Born (1998-11-16) 16 November 1998
Knowsley, Merseyside, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013–presentLancashire
2016–2019Lancashire Thunder
2020–presentNorth West Thunder
2021–presentManchester Originals
Career statistics
Competition WLA WT20
Matches 55 88
Runs scored 732 947
Batting average 15.25 16.91
100s/50s 0/3 0/4
Top score 72 56*
Catches/stumpings 28/24 25/55
Source: CricketArchive, 29 September 2021

Early life

Threlkeld was born on 16 November 1998 in Knowsley, Merseyside.[2] She attends Loughborough University.[3]

Domestic career

Threlkeld made her county debut in 2013, for Lancashire against Warwickshire. She scored 3*, as well as keeping wicket.[4] She became a regular for the side from 2014, but did not score her first half-century for the club until 2019, scoring 72 in a victory over Nottinghamshire in the County Championship. She also achieved her Twenty20 high score that season, hitting 56* against Sussex.[5][6] Threlkeld was part of the Lancashire team that won the County Championship and Twenty20 Cup double in 2017.[7] She played four matches for the side in the 2021 Women's Twenty20 Cup, scoring 101 runs including one half-century, 52 against Cumbria.[8][9]

Threlkeld was also part of Lancashire Thunder's squad in the Women's Cricket Super League from 2016 to 2019. She appeared in all 30 of the side's matches.[10] She hit two half-centuries in her time there, 53* against Yorkshire Diamonds in 2018 (a match in which she also made four stumpings) and 52 against the same opponents in 2019.[11][12][10]

In 2020, Threlkeld played for North West Thunder in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy. She appeared in all 6 matches, scoring 114 runs at an average of 19.00, with a best of 52 in a victory over Lightning.[13][14] In December 2020, it was announced that Threlkeld was one of the 41 female cricketers that had signed a full-time domestic contract.[15] She was ever-present for the side in 2021, with a top-score of 70* in Thunder's victory over South East Stars.[16][17][18] She had the joint-most dismissals in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, with 10 dismissals.[19] She was also ever-present for Manchester Originals in The Hundred, scoring 29 runs and making 7 dismissals.[20]

Threlkeld has also appeared for various England Academy and Development teams, and toured South Africa with the England Academy in 2018.[21]

In April 2022, she was bought by the Manchester Originals for the 2022 season of The Hundred.[22]

International career

In December 2021, Threlkeld was named in England's A squad for their tour to Australia, with the matches being played alongside the Women's Ashes.[23] She played all six matches on the tour, taking three catches and making two stumpings.[24][25]

References
  1. "Player Profile: Eleanor Threlkeld". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  2. "Player Profile: Ellie Threlkeld". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  3. "Ellie Threlkeld". Loughborough University. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  4. "Lancashire Women v Warwickshire Women, 23 July 2013". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  5. "Lancashire Women v Nottinghamshire Women, 12 May 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  6. "Lancashire Women v Sussex Women, 30 June 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  7. "Lancashire Women win the double!". Lancashire Cricket. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  8. "Batting and Fielding for Lancashire Women/Vitality Women's County T20 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  9. "Lancashire Women v Cumbria Women, 16 May 2021". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  10. "Ellie Threlkeld: The heir to Sarah Taylor's gauntlets?". Wisden. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  11. "Yorkshire Diamonds v Lancashire Thunder, 27 July 2018". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  12. "Yorkshire Diamonds v Lancashire Thunder, 23 August 2019". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  13. "Batting and Fielding for Thunder/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  14. "Lightning v Thunder, 29 August 2020". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  15. "Forty-one female players sign full-time domestic contracts". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  16. "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy 2021 - Thunder/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  17. "Records/Charlotte Edwards Cup, 2021 - Thunder/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  18. "Hannah Jones five-for eliminates T20 champions South East Stars". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  19. "Records/Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, 2021/Most Dismissals". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  20. "Records/The Hundred Women's Competition, 2021 - Manchester Originals (Women)/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  21. "Women's Miscellaneous Matches Played by Ellie Threlkeld". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  22. "The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  23. "Heather Knight vows to 'fight fire with fire' during Women's Ashes". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  24. "Records/England A Women in Australia Unofficial ODI Series, 2021/22/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  25. "Records/England A Women in Australia Unofficial T20I Series, 2021/22/Batting and Bowling Averages". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
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